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On Louisiana Eats! NOLA food icon Poppy Tooker takes us into Louisiana's wide open fields, deep waters, bustling markets, and busy kitchens. Poppy's people are carrying on the traditions of Louisiana's wholly local but universally celebrated food, from farm to table, and sometimes barroom! Poppy roams the State to find the folks whose inspiration and innovation are taking the abundant wealth of Louisiana's food culture into the future. Let's eat!

On this week’s Louisiana Eats! we visit the Greek Isles without ever leaving the bayou. Trinity Cathedral on Bayou St. John in New Orleans houses the oldest Greek Orthodox community in North America. For over 150 years, this tight knit community has combined food and faith in the traditional way of their ancient ancestors. For 42 years, Trinity members have welcomed thousands of visitors to their annual Greek Festival. Volunteers... Read More »

Author, Andrew Lawler, sits down with us on this week’s Louisiana Eats to discuss Why The Chicken Crossed The World, which is also the title of his new book. You’ll be amazed by the many ways that simple bird has impacted humanity over the ages. Even Queen Victoria gets into the act, with her fascination for fancy hybrid chickens that helped bring about the “chicken bubble.” Would you pay thousands of... Read More »

This episode of Louisiana Eats! examines African-American culinary life and culture in slavery times and today. Historic New Orleans Collection curator Erin Greenwald gives us a private tour of Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade, 1808–1865, an exhibit that examines the domestic slave trade in America. Solomon Northup, the free man of color who wrote the memoir "Twelve Years A Slave" comes to life with some amazing... Read More »

To celebrate Jazz Fest, we're taking you back to 2013, where we learned how these fabulous performers get fed.
Life on the road might be difficult for traveling musicians and their crews, but the perks of this lifestyle are almost impossible to replicate.
Chef Anne Churchill spends her summers traveling as a cook for one of rock's most popular touring bands and has the stories to prove it. She joins us on Louisiana... Read More »

On this week’s Louisiana Eats we take a virtual trip to Paris. First stop, a rendezvous with New Orleans’ Mayor Mitch Landrieu at the St. Roch Market – a place where charcuterie, crepes, cheeses are served, much like in a Parisian Marche. St. Roch is the last of the original city markets that formally dotted New Orleans’ cityscape. Built in 1875, this landmark has recently been restored to it’s former... Read More »

On this week’s Louisiana Eats, we’re remembering the devastation of the BP oil spill, which took place five years ago this week.
Six weeks after the spill, we produced our very first episode of Louisiana Eats, and there was no way we could ignore the disaster that was unfolding in the Gulf. We interviewed Chef Frank Brigtsen on that first show, who shared some very personal thoughts on what the... Read More »